the morning, this wye fire is burning and it burned 5,000 a., there is also a the east call the walker fire. it is right near wall corrode--walker road it has burned 2,000 a.. we talk with the battalion chief on the scene. >> we have had about 350

personnel. >> mark: incredible pictures coming in from kron4 viewers. here is a view from the lake we have a massive size of fire burning there. you can see the smoke that is coming up from the fire. in the cut is tracking the weather. it will be brutally hot in the area and tough conditions as far as the fire spreading and tough conditions for firefighters to work in. >> erica: as we head into the afternoon first off, temperatures will reach the triple digits. with that, we will see an increase in the wind speed. hopefully right now firefighters will get a hold on the fire especially in the morning hours. as of right now is the cool is that it has been we are talking upper '70's at this hour but humidity is still extremely low. dressier

coupled with the of warm temperatures do not make for favorable conditions right now the thought the fire is about 30 percent contained. caltrain reports that highway 30 between highway 16 and highway 23 is complete the shutdown. we will continue to monitor the situation throughout the morning. >> mark: there is now word that more than 8000 residents will receive a c four--will received a fee for fire protection. at least one group says they plan to file a lawsuit as soon as the bill is mailed out. east--

>> darya: there is a good chance that today may be the first day that the chemical investigators will be allowed into where the fire happened at the chevron refinery. let us get you to jackie who is taking a look at this and what will they be taking a look at today? >> reporter: 7 days after the fire at that seven main unit from the chemical safety board they are expected to go inside of the plan today. they have actually been on site for the last couple of days but they have just been doing not chevron that is keeping them out of the area. that is the area, crude unit no. 4 when the fire started, it is cal osha that is keeping them out. they say right now is unsafe for them to go inside, so they're waiting for the go-ahead from cal ocean. we talk with a member of the teen who is here to investigate and he talks about why they're

waiting. >> it is the remaining following materials that are still in the system that the have to make super--make sure they are out and will not cause vapor to cause a hazardous environment. >> reporter: they hope to be able to get in there today and start their investigation on that eighth inch pipe that he cheated that huge fire just one week ago today. now, as soon as they get in there obviously we are on scene and hopefully they will pass along some information it will take a while for them to investigate they think they will be in town until at least friday but this will take weeks if not months for them to complete the investigation. >> darya: by the time they release the findings is like six months to one year later and it is hard to react to that especially for a community that wants some answers.

>> reporter: absolutely, but they have to make sure that it is safe for their investigators to go in there. >> mark: gas prices will probably go up as this refinery shutdown, gas prices have been spiking in california. let us look at the numbers and show the latest gas prices gas is up 235 per gallon within the last week. >> mark: take a look at the current gas prices. to make things even more painful, check out the national average is much lower at $3.70 per gallon. >> mark: the mountain view based company said they will cut 4000 jobs with motorola mobility. that is 20 percent

of the workforce. google will be shifting their emphasis from simple wireless phones to more profitable devices. >> darya: now we want to change gears and get to the weather. we know that last weekend was hot. >> erica: it was certainly scorching, it looks like we will keep the triple digits as we head into the afternoon we have sunny and warm conditions, no doubt about that. we are contending with a marine later, so we see a little bit of fog and drizzle for those along the coastline. in terms of the temperature is right outside the door they are as follows. i will show you where these temperatures are expected to

head into the afternoon. >> george: here's a quick commute check starting with a look at the bay bridge. >> george: for the south bay peninsula and north bay, you are still looking at pretty light conditions. >> justine: just in to the kron4 newsroom, we are following some live pictures as mitt romney continues his bus tour. he has to stop in florida. these are live pictures as he awaits the big crowd. the event is about to start at any moment. his first stop will be with center mark o. rubio he was not his pick for vice president, but after this break we will learn a lot more. be right back.

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>> mark: after keeping a tight leash, mitt romney announces that paul ryan will be his running mate. he is known for making changes to plants like medicare. yesterday the two sat down for their first joint interview to discuss their plans for the program.

>> what we have talked about saving medicare providing people better choices making sure it is the current seniors. >> our point is we need to preserve their benefits because the government promised them that it will be around for their retirement. >> mark: they campaigned in ryan's home state of wisconsin yesterday. >> mark: mitt romney made that pick although he accidentally gave paul ryan a promotion after than--he announced him as his choice he mistakenly introduced his running mate as the next president of united states. >> i did not make a mistake with this guy. but i will say that he will be the next vice president of united states.

>> mark: it was back in 2008 as president obama made a similar mistake as introducing vice-president joe biden as the next president of the united states. >> mark: -- >> darya: according to a survey 53 percent and not think that, to be able to lessen the impact of 500 to--$553 billion in tax cuts, some say he will extend the tax cut for early next year. >> darya: some people expect unemployment to edge down from 8.3 percent down to 8.1%. >> mark: that is not enough, we will be right back as the kron4 morning news continues.

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>> darya:cooler temperatures overnight helped a little bit to bring a fire under control. right now this fire is in clear lake and 50 mi. north of santa rosa in just 30 percent contained. it has burned about 3,000 a. on both sides of highway 20. there is another fire in lake county that one is also ticking away from our

sources. that has burned another couple thousand acres. we have nothing more than 25 or 30 percent contained. the former congresswoman gabrielle giffords has moved back home to arizona. >> darya: let us take a look at the new home that she purchased, this house she shares with her husband retired astronauts mark kelly, they purchased this home in june. she spent most of her time recovering in a medical facility in houston. she was one of 13 people that were injured in the shooting. six other people were killed in that shooting. last week 23 year old jerry to leave a lot of nerve pled guilty to the shootings. >> mark: we have a new video coming out of iran 20 villages have been destroyed due to tornadoes. it was a

magnitude 6.4 and then fall later by a magnitude 6.3. along with the villages that were destroyed, there were 36 aftershocks following the earthquake. now check out this of the u.s. navy guided missile destroyer that is now in a port after crashing with an oil tanker. you can see the massive damage that was done. this happened yesterday they were left with a gaping hole in the side after the collision no one was injured but this cause is under investigation. >> mark: we have new pictures coming in from the kron4 newsroom this from a tornado that touched down yesterday. it is not clear if the tornado caused the damage. >> mark: now we are watching the weather as a chance of

hot weather expected around the bay area. >> erica: it looks like today could be the last day for triple digit heat. this will be a scorcher for our and in communities. our roof camera is full of dense fog this morning. as far as the temperatures we are not doing pretty bad. >> darya: your satellite and radar shows that fog hugging the coast line for the clear and inland areas. our future passed--forecast predicts '70s and '80s and '90s around the bay. you want to dress in layers and stay hydrated because by 3:00 p.m. we introduced the purple indicating triple digit heat. by 8:00 p.m. you can open up the windows and

let the number can down the afternoon high temperatures neighborhood by neighborhood, first off expect sunshine and blue skies. >> erica: the triple digits are reserved for places like fairfield and livermore. >> erica: vallejo could top out at 92 degrees, downtown san francisco is flirting with 70 degrees. i do not think we will see it. >> erica: now you're seven day around the bay forecast shows a gradual pull down each and every day. it looks like we introduce high tide --clouds into the afternoon by sunday. now we have a check on whether--now we end our check on whether let us check in with george to see if we have any hot spots.

>> george: we do not have any hot spots. interstate 80 role in the west bound direction is showing a smooth ride. your ride to the centennial bridge looks good, volume is building on the right side of your screen we still have a 13 minute drive time to foster city. and for the golden gate bridge we have a smooth ride with no problems on the stand and no reported problems for your ride through marin. in the east bay your drive time still pretty good for interstate 80. we have 16 minutes for hercules to berkley through the san ramon valley and up to 18 minutes as you head down to dublin from walnut creek. >> george: we are still without delay for your ride through navato. >> darya: thanks a lot

george, we have a deadly weekend on the bay area roadways. at least six people were killed the latest happened yesterday morning on 680 and san ramon. there were several cars involved in this crash. one of the cars began to leak gas and then caught fire and people were trapped inside. two people died and one was taken to the hospital with critical injuries. they do not know what caused this crash yet. >> darya: there was another deadly crash of the weekend ritual to pedestrians and in another crash when a woman pulled you turn into oncoming traffic. police are looking for a driver that smashed and suv in a martial arts school in oakland. you can see them repairing the damage. they believe it was a drunk driver is that ran into this nonprofit martial

arts school around 2:30 a.m. yesterday morning. >> darya: the rush is to get the school back in shape so that they can have the 60 + kids continue there. >> we have to take the good with the bad. >> darya: the person who took off left some evidence the license plate was there. that played will be looked at by police and they hope to catch whoever did this. >> mark: we will be right back as the kron4 morning news continues. temperatures will warm up a few more degrees from yesterday. this is the plan for back to school. introducing share everything, only from verizon. a shareable pool of data to power up to 10 different devices. add multiple smartphones to your plan,

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>> mark: welcome back to the kron4 morning news. we have some fog that is close to the ground right now. looking out to fairfield temperatures are warmer than yesterday. we have 103 for a high. >> darya: when students head back to school this fall, most of them will be offered healthier food in the lunch line. the change is due to a healthier federal standards.

the schools have to meet the standards to get federal meal funding. >> darya: take a look at some of the new requirements. >> mark: as if the way up this morning says that laws that curbed the sale of junk food and sweet drinks helps with the slowing of a child live obesity--childhood obesity. and they have found that children in third grade who were overweight may reach a healthier size by eighth grade if they live in a state with these laws. >> mark: the retailer has announced a drop in its nook tablets. barnes and

noble said they would announce a new tab in late september. this is a part of an increasingly competitive field of mobile devices that includes the kindle fire and the ipad. >> darya: we will be back with more in just a couple of minutes, now let us get a live look at walnut creek. you just never know, it could be anything that of the part of the excitement here. walnut creek is looking good and traffic is a nice and clean. now let us also go to wall street and wait for the opening bell that is just three minutes away. as you can see there, the statue of liberty seems to be the theme this the statue of liberty seems to be the theme this [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: dinner...is...served. tonight, take it easy and enjoy your favorite soup, salad and hot, hearty sub. like the toasty big hot pastrami melt. get to your local subway for some dinnertime deliciousness tonight. subway. eat fresh.

>> mark: welcome back, we have the opening numbers on wall street, the dow future's plan to lower numbers the just down

>> mark: we are following the latest and lake county. there are two fires burning to the east of the lake. the biggest one is the wye fire that has burned to--5,000 a.. hundreds of firefighters are battling the blaze. there were 480 homes that were evacuated. the second fire is burning about three mouse to the east. that fire is burning near walker wrote. it has burned 2,000 a.. we have a new video coming in off of youtube. this is a time lapse of video. look at the lake and then look at the thick smoke that is flying

up in the ear is raging out of control. they do not know if the two fires are related. we are dealing with temperatures better up of 100 degrees trying to battle the massive blaze. it has 480 homes evacuate right now. these are tough weather conditions for the firefighters right now. >> erica: firefighters are trying to get a handle on this because conditions will not improve until the afternoon. right now temperatures are sitting in the low 80s the we have extremely low humidity levels that coupled with the dry air and the warm temperatures that could skyrocket up to 160 degrees do not make favorable conditions for later this afternoon. in addition to that we see an increase in the wind speed. we have heard reports that caltrans says that high with 20

between high with 16 and 23 are completely shut down. we will keep our eye on the situation throughout the morning. >> darya: today marks one week since the fire at the chevron refinery in richmond. they're much rain experts are arriving today to continue the investigation that has been launched. federal investigators of a scene. they have not yet gained access to the crude unit number four where the fire started, when they do get in, they plan on testing the 8 in. pipe that leaked combustible liquid. the team is not been kept out of the area by chevron they say the oil company has so far been cooperative but they need to see the unit, they have been kept away from the fire point of origin because cal osha that is leading the investigation accessed that the area is unsafe to enter.

>> we have not seen the physical evidence yet. there are the remaining things in the system that they have to make sure will not cause any health hazards. >> darya: at this point they plan on being there at least until friday. >> mark: when we saw the fire happening the concern was gas prices and one of the many reasons that we see a huge spike in gas prices let us turn to our solo reporter with more on this. it is painful to look at >> reporter: it is painful to look at, that gas price spiked 235 in less than one week. now you say san francisco is up to $4.17 that is what they have at the gas station that i am at. oakland is a little bit

cheaper. but nastily the price is at $3.70. too bad we cannot go by those numbers at least. but, i do have to tell you the national is $3.70 and this went up 15 from yesterday. so maybe you should fill up today because you never know, maybe tomorrow it will be higher, but we never know. it is not just the refinery that is affecting the prices, but the price of crude oil is higher. that is why the prices are going up higher in the bay area. >> mark: the drought in the midwest affected corn prices. some good advice is may be filled every day if you can because each day we are expecting prices to rise. there is no sign right now as to when the prices will flatten out. >> darya: police are investigating a string of

shootings and oakland and man were shot around 11:00 p.m. last night near 55th avenue and international boulevard he is in stable condition. that gunfire came hours after two other shootings. there was one at noon in the 1200 block of mandela parkway and then yesterday at 5:30 p.m., two people were shot and one of them died. >> darya: in national news eighth and he wants it is accused of killing her fiancee hours before their wedding. police said woman stabbed her fiance to death during an argument in their apartment. four children were inside of the apartment when that happened. neighbors were shocked, they say the two of them were nice people. franklin has been charged with homicide in being held without bail. >> mark: more drama between the widow and the girlfriend of the late artist thomas kincaid. the girlfriend has

a hand written note that she says leaves turn his attention. anne kincaid--and kincaid's wife of 30 years says that she wants control over the estate although the two were legally separated when he died. >> mark: not in the hospital where a technician was nearly strangled two years ago is rolling out high-tech devices on lanyards. it comes with some controversy. they say the defense post some risk of strangulation. the device will have a chip so that they know where each employee is and also they can receive data from the lanyard. >> darya: now we want to know about the temperatures

will head over to erica. >> erica: if you want relief, go to the beaches, it looks like we have pretty cool conditions there. in terms of your temperatures right outside the door we have 56 in oakland, and we have a lot of cloud coverage coming from our roof camera in downtown san francisco but above we will see the sunshine into they will shape up to the court tuesday. temperatures could reach the triple digits. i will have your full details on what is in store. the move on to traffic now with george. >> george: thank you there, we still have no hot spots or any major delays. your drive time is now 11 minutes to get through the span. still, the heaviest traffic for the eastl the is to be from on high way for an interstate 580 your ride still looks good for the south bay peninsula and the

north bay you will find no problems or delays. >> justine: this just in, mit romney is live in florida. as you can see from the pictures behind me he is continuing his four day battleground state bus tour. he will also due to other stops in florida this after he picked his running mate congressmen paul ryan. let us listen to what the former governor of massachusetts is saying. >> 8.5 million homes for closed a record level is not a success mr. president. we need to help the people in florida with housing policies and get housing prices up again to let people stay in their homes.

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hector is weakening from the baja peninsula. and then you can see he is moving its way out to sea. the maximum sustained winds are decreasing and it looks like it will weaken down to a tropical depression through the week as it makes its way out into the atlantic. >> darya: there is a recall to tell you about involvement wasters from a northern california or intracompany. if you love to eat raw oysters you want to watch where they come from, state health officials say that the moisture from drinks ben--drakes bay waster company may be contaminated. they have found three illnesses linked to this company's wasters so far. they want you to be

weary of reading those. >> mark: incredible images from rover that touched down on the red planet this week. as you can see, here was actually an animation of what would happen is a rover on a rope. it drop down from the hovering jet pack. here are the pictures coming in, there is rover touching down with the wheels down on the ground. here is another picture to show you from the distance. this is where it will eventually head. and here are the images coming in every day each one is better than the last. we have some color photographs coming in as well. the first thing that it will target is that great area that you see that is the top layer of sand that was blown off. >> it send down a jet of turbulence. it blew away all

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>> darya: 5,000 a. have burned in lake county, 3001 fire and 2000 in another. these are all in lake county, the 5000 homes are in the evacuation order. >> mark: the dow down modestly, out of asia we had some growth. our financial expert robert black is joining us. that growth has been pretty good for japan contend--considering where

they have been. >> it is not that good. but yes japan has a problem. >> mark: we have looked at japan as an ominous sign of what we should avoid considering with the have been through over the next 20 years now what else do you have for us this morning? let us talk about google and they're not laying off their employees, they are laying off motorola mobility employees. the purchase this company for 12 1/2 billion dollars is that a good deal? >> basically they purchase this for a patent. so yes them cutting the motorola employees this was expected i am surprised it was not a lot more. they say they will

focus on making a few select devices but nothing crazy. >> through apple, samsung is an enemy so they wanted to upgrade google they say this whole facebook thing the social media is not hurting them at this time. >> mark: now what are you expecting from groupon? >> it is tough to say, they will report tonight after the market closes. a lot of people like you and i would get deals that we would not typically get. and a lot of companies use the service

for advertisement and they regret going into this so it is still too early to open and invest in this but it is intriguing to what. >> mark: how dare they would not be a bay area based company. now let us go on to paul ryan who was chosen by mitt romney as a vice- presidential choice. >> mit romney said, the next president, whoops, next vice president, i guess basically a slip of the tongue. >> a lot of people see that he would be that long term he would be good but short- term he would be bad. he was not a politically strong

choice he was the politically that us get a debate going on choice. >> mark: now the ryan plan says it will cut 5.3 trillion. >> i love that. but i only love that for my children's children. >> mark: this is going to come down to the wider. economist say we will see things happen after the election. >> mark: thank you for joining us. >> darya: now i want to go to erica and get a look at the weather is still will be hot. >> erica: yes, triple digits on tap for a handful of bay area locations. as we take a live look at our conditions from downtown san francisco, you will have

some fog and drizzle on your way to work this morning. now we do have some fog that is hugging the coast line. >> erica: check out all of the '90s that reserved for the warmest inland areas. by 3:00 p.m. some of the 90's turn into purple indicating some triple digits. expect '60s and '70s for the most part everyone is wondering where will the numbers go into the afternoon will it looks like for the most part in the south bay checkout sunnyvale. we will see low to 90's and checking out the in the east bay area's it looks like triple digits for antioch and danville and low 80s expected for castro valley. it looks like san

raphael coming in at 86 degrees. we have much cooler conditions as we transition into the weekend. >> george: here is a change since the last of the we have more of a backup and the westbound direction. we still have no hot spots for your drive around the bay area of the us start the bridge check. your updated drive time is at 11 minutes. >> george: no problems east bound or west bound. the golden gate bridge ride is foggy this morning but easy. it is in both the south bound and north bound directions. we will continue to monitor pretty good conditions for

the east bay freeway. >> george: and the south bay we have only added three minutes to drive time, 17 for your valley up toward santa clara. if the only have no delays at the bayshore. >> george: we will take a quick break and be right back. [music] we're sitting on a bunch of shale gas.

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